practical joker

Smart, so smart, and darkly handsome; a practical joker, large-hearted and fun.

A talented cartoonist, distinguished practical joker, and recognized as one of the kings of bon mot, he led a free and easy life.

I was eighteen, and I had been for a long time looked upon at the lycee as a sly practical joker.

Sam Clemens, himself a practical joker in his youth, found a healthy delight in this knock-down humor of the Comstock.

That night some practical joker exploded a bomb, and the people thought that Burr's army was firing on them.

If the letter were written by a practical joker, he would be made to look ridiculous in the eyes of all who were in the secret.